Nicolo Caldarola, CSC Docket No. 2024-1312
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of April 30, 2025, CSC Docket No. 2024-1312: discipline, penalty upheld. Nicolo Caldarola, Automotive Mechanic, Motor Vehicle Commission, removal, effective November 8, 2023, on charges of inability to perform duties, insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public
Commission decisions · Meeting of April 30, 2025
Nicolo Caldarola, Automotive Mechanic, Motor Vehicle Commission, removal, effective November 8, 2023, on charges of inability to perform duties, insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public employee and neglect of duty.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- April 30, 2025, item A-3
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the removal.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- removal
- Recorded vote
- Allison Chris Myers (Yes), Dolores Gorczyca (Recused), Daniel O’Mullan (Yes), Diomedes Tsitouras (Yes), Christina Mongon (Yes)
- Employer
- Motor Vehicle Commission
- Chair at the time
- Allison Chris Myers, Acting Chairperson
- Official decision
- CSC's PDF
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeal of Nicolo Caldarola, Automotive Mechanic, Motor Vehicle Commission, removal, effective November 8, 2023, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Allison Friedman (ALJ), who rendered her initial decision on March 18, 2025. Exceptions were filed by the appellant and a reply was filed on behalf of the appointing authority.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the ALJ’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, including a thorough review of the exceptions, which the Civil Service Commission (Commission) finds wholly unpersuasive, at its meeting on April 30, 2025, adopted the ALJ’s Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law and her recommendation to uphold the removal.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission finds that the action of the appointing authority in removing the appellant was justified. The Commission therefore upholds that action and dismisses the appeal of Nicolo Caldarola.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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